Ted Lasso

Big fan of Stephens, fits the outside run need perfectly. and weightman does some insane things. Sadly i see both being drafted before the two picks. it really depends on who the club thinks is likely to be there to what value the trade has. I think Lachie Ash for example would be a great get at pick 3

Our club has the worst leadership of any club in the AFL. even the Suns with Witts, Swallow, Miller etc have better on field leadership. we need to invest in someone like a Nick Maxwell figure to come into the club and develop leadership from our whole list. it doesn't matter who is captain and who isn't, the underlying problem is our lack of leadership across the board, it's why we are so inconsistent, slow to react to opposition plays and consistently lose in the worst ways possible. my personal opinion is we should recruit 2 on field leaders from other clubs, must be proven leaders, invest in a specific leadership coach/mentor and finally instill some ruthless, professional AFL standards at the club that we haven't had for a very long time, if at all.

I suspect the GCS would jump at him unfortunately.

Third round pick and Issac Smith sounds like a good deal to me, i think we could use the experience.

He's a funny unit Sam. he athletically is amazing but he does some bizzare things, i think he's a talanted individual but the amount of times he flies at balls he shouldn't and does weird things with ball in hand. you kinda want guys who just fill a role, especially down back and i think Sam is probably one who has currency,

What's his kicking like? i've honestly not seen that much of him, i always thought he seemed a bit like a high endurance high half forward type, maybe a third forward, but from memory he's played some reasonable footy down back as well?

that's the million dollar question.

within our game plan i'd say it's about high speed endurance 2 way running and getting involved in possessions chains and supporting both ends, so needs to be a crazy good runner and good disposal. which he may well be but i just haven't seen it personally.

I don't see what need he fills, i don't think he's a key forward, maybe on the wing but i will watch with interest to see if they have a role in mind of if it's just recruiting for the sake of it.

where would we be intending to play him? i reckon he'd make a good high half forward, lead up and provide that link inside the forward 50

Maccas role included a component of list management, he was one of the ones directly involved there, i wonder if with his exit Richo steps straight into that role and looks at the list, or if we have someone else in mind from within to step up, i would say we'll have 2-3 other assistants to come in replacing Jennings and Rawlings so far so it'll be interesting to see where it all ends up. Richo to me strikes me as someone who learned what it takes to be a successful coach when it was all too late for him at St Kilda so i suspect that experience will be huge for Goodwin, and hopefully preventing a similar sort of end to his coaching career.

I'm not sure about under Roos. but i've heard Peter Jackson and Jordan Lewis were both at stages concerned about it. as was Macca. but ultimately when we're making finals and in a prelim it doesn't seem like as big an issue as when we're 17th. there was stuff about this flying around at the time of the pre season camp drama, so it's been going on a while, but i think this season has really made a few people show their true selves a little bit.

Yep. i've heard he's got a lot of people offside just being incredibly stubborn, unable to take critisism and unwilling to change. it's players, assistants, staff. Buckley and Hardwick were similar but they changed. Goodwin either needs to change or go in my opinion because we can't lose good football people over this in my view,

I've heard very similar. it's his way or the highway. and some he's getting a few players offside as well. Sadly if half the stuff flying around is true we may need to make that decision soon.

We are mad if we don't dangle pick 3 under their nose for King.

If we took that deal we might as well fold the club.

I'd do 11, 13 and finlayson right now.

Hahahaha lets just bloody trade everyone. hearing we are going to sign jeffy again just so we can trade him

More on field leadership and experience, finals experience down back, would release Salem further up the ground which helps as well. certainly worth consideration if the price is right

Trac averaged 20 touches and a goal this year, was in the top 5 general forwards in the league, not a bad effort in a team that couldn't score and finished 17. Petracca is a very good AFL player with the potential to make the jump to being a superstar and it's not far off. I wouldn't be trading him under any circumstances.

This is the strangest whisper because everyone has heard it but no one seems to be able to confirm it. For what it's worth i hope it's true. a bit of red and blue is a good thing, he's a super smart guy and a few years of Hawks knowledge to pass on won't hurt either.

He's a beautiful kick, doesn't rely on speed, i'd be comfortable offering him 3 years, we need the experience and his kicking would be very handy.

It's always a tricky one to work out, you're really weighing up one player vs 2-3 but is that one likely to be a star. guys like Ash, Serong and Young i think will be very good players, but i'm not sure if they're future superstars we may get someone like Kemp to slide through to pick 11 given his injury, so realistically we're weighing up Lachie Ash potentially who i think is the best player outside of the top 2 in the draft and very much what we need. and a combination of Dylan Stephens - very good outside midfielder, reminds me a bit of Polec - SA lad so Port may be keen the pick before. Cody Weightman - talented but raw small forward who can do some pretty incredible things at times, and fills a need and someone like Jye Caldwell or Ian Hill potentially. guys like Flanders won't be there at those picks of the Giants so a few of the players that would really appeal are likely to be gone. In conclusion, i would be reasonably comfortable either way though splitting the pick gives us the chance to add two very talented outside mids (i prefer Ian Hill from the Giants as steak knives) and a very talented small forward, or keeping it and grabbing someone like Lachie Ash gives us a talented outside midfielder to complement Ed Langdon on the opposite wing and add to the core of top end talent we have.

God if only we could be like that on and off the field.

If it were up to me i would strip jack of the captaincy and let him focus on becoming the best player he can be, and ask him to play on the oppositions best player each week and keep them accountable around stoppage, almost be a defensive specialist in the midfield rotation.